Originally Posted by
CSman
IF this is true it would make me very sad The SAA engineers were the best at any down route station Terry Morgan BA 747[ long since retired]
In their esteemed wisdom the cANCer and their BBBEE (Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment) policy chased away 185 (European) highly qualified maintenance engineers, licensed to sign out Boeings and the Airbus variants, just because they did not fit into the big plan.
Today SAAT (SAA Technical) can not service their own aircraft due to skills shortages. As a result SAA, Mango and Comair now have their aircraft serviced in the ME or Europe.